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The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies(2014)

PG-13
| 2h 24min | Action, Adventure, Fantasy
3.7/5 (with 6,434 votes)

Immediately after the events of The Desolation of Smaug, Bilbo and the dwarves try to defend Erebor's mountain of treasure from others who claim it: the men of the ruined Laketown and the elves of Mirkwood. Meanwhile an army of Orcs led by Azog the Defiler is marching on Erebor, fueled by the rise of the dark lord Sauron. Dwarves, elves and men must unite, and the hope for Middle-Earth falls into Bilbo's hands.

Directed by Peter Jackson - With Adam Brown, Aidan Turner, Benedict Cumberbatch, Bret McKenzie, Christopher Lee, Dean O'Gorman, ...
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Ratatouille(2007)

1h 51min | Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family, Fantasy
3.9/5 (with 7,542 votes)

Remy, a resident of Paris, appreciates good food and has quite a sophisticated palate. He would love to become a chef so he can create and enjoy culinary masterpieces to his heart's delight. The only problem is, Remy is a rat. When he winds up in the sewer beneath one of Paris' finest restaurants, the rodent gourmet finds himself ideally placed to realize his dream.

Directed by Brad Bird, Jan Pinkava
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Mary and Max(2009)

NR
| 1h 32min | Animation, Comedy, Drama
3.9/5 (with 840 votes)

A tale of friendship between two unlikely pen pals: Mary, a lonely, eight-year-old girl living in the suburbs of Melbourne, and Max, a forty-four-year old, severely obese man living in New York.

Directed by Adam Elliot
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Brother Bear(2003)

G
| 1h 25min | Adventure, Animation, Kids & Family
3.6/5 (with 2,397 votes)

When an impulsive boy named Kenai is magically transformed into a bear, he must literally walk in another's footsteps until he learns some valuable life lessons. His courageous and often zany journey introduces him to a forest full of wildlife, including the lovable bear cub Koda, hilarious moose Rutt and Tuke, woolly mammoths and rambunctious rams.

Directed by Robert Walker, Aaron Blaise
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The Intouchables(2011)

R
| 1h 53min | Drama, Comedy
4.1/5 (with 7,788 votes)

A true story of two men who should never have met – a quadriplegic aristocrat who was injured in a paragliding accident and a young man from the projects.

Directed by Olivier Nakache, Éric Toledano - With François Cluzet, Omar Sy, Alba Gaïa Bellugi, Anne Le Ny, Audrey Fleurot, Clotilde Mollet, ...
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Star Trek(2009)

PG-13
| 2h 7min | Science Fiction, Action, Adventure
3.7/5 (with 4,561 votes)

The fate of the galaxy rests in the hands of bitter rivals. One, James Kirk, is a delinquent, thrill-seeking Iowa farm boy. The other, Spock, a Vulcan, was raised in a logic-based society that rejects all emotion. As fiery instinct clashes with calm reason, their unlikely but powerful partnership is the only thing capable of leading their crew through unimaginable danger, boldly going where no one has gone before. The human adventure has begun again.

Directed by J. J. Abrams - With Zachary Quinto, Chris Pine, Simon Pegg, Ben Cross, John Cho, Anton Yelchin, ...
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Million Dollar Baby(2004)

PG-13
| 2h 12min | Drama
4.0/5 (with 4,245 votes)

Despondent over a painful estrangement from his daughter, trainer Frankie Dunn isn't prepared for boxer Maggie Fitzgerald to enter his life. But Maggie's determined to go pro and to convince Dunn and his cohort to help her.

Directed by Clint Eastwood - With Hilary Swank, Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, Jay Baruchel, Mike Colter, Lucia Rijker, ...
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The Fox and the Hound(1981)

G
| 1h 22min | Adventure, Animation, Drama, Kids & Family
3.6/5 (with 1,412 votes)

When a feisty little fox named Tod is adopted into a farm family, he quickly becomes friends with a fun and adorable hound puppy named Copper. Life is full of hilarious adventures until Copper is expected to take on his role as a hunting dog -- and the object of his search is his best friend!

Directed by Ted Berman, Richard Rich, Art Stevens
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Lost in Translation(2003)

R
| 1h 42min | Drama, Romance / Love, Comedy
3.7/5 (with 3,223 votes)

Two lost souls visiting Tokyo -- the young, neglected wife of a photographer and a washed-up movie star shooting a TV commercial -- find an odd solace and pensive freedom to be real in each other's company, away from their lives in America.

Directed by Sofia Coppola - With Bill Murray, Scarlett Johansson, Giovanni Ribisi, Anna Faris, Akiko Takeshita, François Du Bois, ...
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The Boxtrolls(2014)

PG
| 1h 37min | Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family, Fantasy
3.3/5 (with 743 votes)

An orphaned boy raised by underground creatures called Boxtrolls comes up from the sewers and out of his box to save his family and the town from the evil exterminator, Archibald Snatcher.

Directed by Graham Annable, Anthony Stacchi
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Nothing to Lose(1997)

R
| 1h 37min | Comedy, Crime
3.3/5 (with 271 votes)

Advertising executive Nick Beame learns that his wife is sleeping with his employer. In a state of despair, he encounters a bumbling thief whose attempted carjacking goes awry when Nick takes him on an involuntary joyride. Soon the betrayed businessman and the incompetent crook strike up a partnership and develop a robbery-revenge scheme. But it turns out that some other criminals in the area don't appreciate the competition.

Directed by Steve Oedekerk - With Martin Lawrence, Tim Robbins, John C. McGinley, Giancarlo Esposito, Kelly Preston, Michael McKean, ...
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Buffy the Vampire Slayer(1992)

PG-13
| 1h 26min | Action, Comedy, Horror
2.8/5 (with 340 votes)

Blonde, bouncy Buffy is your typical high school cheerleader. But all that changes when a strange man informs her she's been chosen by fate to kill vampires.

Directed by Fran Rubel Kuzui - With Hilary Swank, Donald Sutherland, Rutger Hauer, Kristy Swanson, Luke Perry, Paul Reubens, ...
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Camp X-Ray(2014)

R
| 1h 57min | Drama
3.4/5 (with 458 votes)

A young woman joins the military to be part of something bigger than herself and her small-town roots. Instead, she ends up as a new guard at Guantanamo Bay, where her mission is far from black and white. Surrounded by hostile jihadists and aggressive squadmates, she strikes up an unusual friendship with one of the detainees.

Directed by Peter Sattler - With Kristen Stewart, Lane Garrison, Payman Maadi, John Carroll Lynch, Julia Duffy
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Three Colors: Red(1994)

R
| 1h 40min | Drama, Mystery, Romance / Love
4.0/5 (with 582 votes)

Valentine, a student model in Geneva, struggles with a possessive boyfriend and a troubled family. When she runs over a dog, she discovers that its owner, a retired judge, is illegally wiretapping and eavesdropping on his neighbors' phone calls. Although Valentine is outraged, she develops a strange bond with the judge – and as the two become closer, she finds herself caught in the middle of events that could change her life.

Directed by Krzysztof Kieślowski - With Irène Jacob, Jean-Louis Trintignant, Samuel Le Bihan, Julie Delpy, Juliette Binoche, Jean-Pierre Lorit, ...
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Driving Miss Daisy(1989)

PG
| 1h 39min | Drama
3.6/5 (with 665 votes)

The story of an old Jewish widow named Daisy Werthan and her relationship with her black chauffeur, Hoke. From an initial mere work relationship grew in 25 years a strong friendship between the two very different characters in a time when those types of relationships where shunned.

Directed by Bruce Beresford - With Morgan Freeman, Jessica Tandy, Dan Aykroyd, Esther Rolle, Patti LuPone, Ray McKinnon, ...
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55 Steps(2018)

1h 55min | Drama
3.4/5 (with 71 votes)

55 Steps is based a the inspiring true story of Eleanor Riese, a mental illness patient herself, who brings a class action suit to give competent mental patients the right to have a say in their medication while they’re in a hospital, and Colette Hughes, the lawyer appointed to her case.

Directed by Bille August - With Helena Bonham Carter
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Planes, Trains and Automobiles(1987)

R
| 1h 33min | Comedy
3.6/5 (with 826 votes)

An irritable marketing executive, Neal Page, is heading home to Chicago for Thanksgiving when a number of delays force him to travel with a well meaning but overbearing shower ring curtain salesman, Del Griffith.

Directed by John Hughes - With Steve Martin, John Candy, Laila Robins, Michael McKean, Kevin Bacon, Dylan Baker, ...
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The Tale of Despereaux(2008)

G
| 1h 33min | Adventure, Animation, Kids & Family
3.0/5 (with 404 votes)

Once upon a time... in the far away kingdom of Dor... lived a brave and virtuous mouse with comically oversized ears who dreamt of becoming a knight. Banished from his home for having such lofty ambitions, Despereaux sets off on an amazing adventure with his good-hearted rat friend Roscuro, who leads him, at long last, on a very noble quest to rescue an endangered princess and save an entire kingdom from darkness.

Directed by Sam Fell
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Turner & Hooch(1989)

PG
| 1h 40min | Action, Comedy, Thriller, Crime, Kids & Family
3.2/5 (with 553 votes)

Scott Turner has 3 days left in the local police department before he moves to a bigger city to get some 'real' cases—not just misdemeanors. When Amos Reed is murdered, Scott sets himself on the case, but the closest thing to a witness to the murder is Reed's dog, Hooch, which Scott has to take care of—to avoid Hooch being 'put to sleep'.

Directed by Roger Spottiswoode - With Tom Hanks, Mare Winningham, Craig T. Nelson, Reginald VelJohnson, J. C. Quinn, Clyde Kusatsu, ...
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Compartment No. 6(2021)

R
| 1h 47min | Drama
3.5/5 (with 148 votes)

A young Finnish woman escapes an enigmatic love affair in Moscow by boarding a train to the arctic port of Murmansk. Forced to share the long ride and a tiny sleeping car with a larger than life Russian miner, the unexpected encounter leads the occupants of Compartment No. 6 to face major truths about human connection.

Directed by Juho Kuosmanen - With Seidi Haarla, Yury Borisov, Dinara Drukarova, Yuliya Aug, Tomi Alatalo, ...

Can't Hardly Wait(1998)

PG-13
| 1h 40min | Comedy, Romance / Love
3.2/5 (with 224 votes)

It's graduation day at Huntington Hills High, and you know what that means - time to party. And not just any party, either. This one will be a night to remember, as the nerds become studs, the jocks are humiliated, and freshman crushes blossom into grown-up romance.

Directed by Deborah Kaplan, Harry Elfont - With Jennifer Love Hewitt, Ethan Embry, Charlie Korsmo, Lauren Ambrose, Peter Facinelli, Seth Green, ...
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Kinky Boots(2005)

PG-13
| 1h 47min | Comedy, Drama, Music
3.4/5 (with 150 votes)

Charles Price may have grown up with his father in the family shoe business in Northampton, central England, but he never thought that he would take his father's place. Charles has a chance encounter with the flamboyant drag queen cabaret singer Lola and everything changes.

Directed by Julian Jarrold - With Joel Edgerton, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sarah-Jane Potts, Nick Frost, Linda Bassett, Jemima Rooper, ...
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The Red Balloon(1956)

NR
| 34min | Comedy, Drama, Kids & Family, Fantasy
3.9/5 (with 160 votes)

A young boy discovers a stray balloon, which seems to have a mind of its own, on the streets of Paris. The two become inseparable, yet the world’s harsh realities finally interfere.

Directed by Albert Lamorisse - With Georges Sellier, Pascal Lamorisse, Vladimir Uralsky
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The Tribe(2014)

2h 10min | Drama, Crime
3.5/5 (with 119 votes)

Deaf-mute Sergey enters a specialized boarding school for the deaf-and-dumb. In navigating through the school's hierarchy, he encounters a corrupt underbelly of criminality, known as The Tribe. By participating in several robberies, he gets propelled higher into the organization, when he meets one of the Chief’s concubines Anya, and unwittingly breaks all the unwritten rules of the group.

Directed by Myroslav Slaboshpytskiy
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Bad Words(2013)

R
| 1h 29min | Comedy
3.2/5 (with 350 votes)

A misanthropic man sets out to exact revenge on his estranged father, by finding a loophole and attempting to win the National Spelling Bee as an adult. Figuring it would destroy his father, and everything he's worked so hard for as head of the Spelling Bee Championship Organization, Guy Trilby eventually discovers winning isn't necessary for revenge, and that friendship is a blessing not a curse.

Directed by Jason Bateman - With Allison Janney, Ben Falcone, Beth Grant, Bob Stephenson, Jason Bateman, Judith Hoag, ...
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Let Yourself Go(2017)

1h 47min | Comedy
3.1/5 (with 81 votes)

Depressed Jewish shrink Elia one day meets Claudia, a young and eccentric personal trainer.

Directed by Francesco Amato - With Toni Servillo, Carla Signoris, Verónica Echegui, Luca Marinelli, Giacomo Poretti, Carlo Luca De Ruggieri, ...

Lulu(2014)

46min | Drama
2.9/5 (with 2 votes)

Henrik and his younger lover Lulu go on an intimate trip to France. Unexpectedly, Henrik's son David arrives.

Directed by Caroline Sascha Cogez - With Jens Jørn Spottag, Louis-Ronan Choisy, Ellen Hillingsø, Malin Crépin, Sigurd Holmen Le Dous

La sedia della felicità(2014)

1h 29min | Comedy
2.9/5 (with 46 votes)

Dino craft practice tattoos, Bruna is a beautician; their studies are facing each other. They learn of a mysterious treasure hidden in a chair that belonged to a woman now dead.

Directed by Carlo Mazzacurati - With Valerio Mastandrea, Isabella Ragonese, Giuseppe Battiston, Milena Vukotic, Katia Ricciarelli, Roberto Citran, ...

If I Had Wings(2013)

1h 29min | Drama
3.5/5 (with 28 votes)

Alex, blind since the age of two, dreams of running for his school's cross-country team. His father, a probation officer, finds a running partner who spends his time 'running' from the law.

Directed by Allan Harmon - With Richard Harmon

Feed the Kitty(1952)

NR
| 7min | Animation, Comedy, Kids & Family
3.7/5 (with 45 votes)

A bulldog adopts an adorable kitten, but he can't let his owner know.

Directed by Chuck Jones
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